Samuel mobley



s. MORLEY.

' (No Model.)

BRUSH.

No. 324,037. Patented Aug. 11, 1885.

NITED STATES A'TENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL MORLEY, OF STOGKTON-ON-TEES, COUNTY OF DURHAM, ASSIGNOB TO WVHITAKER BROTHERS, OF HOBSFOBTH, ENGLAND.

BRUSH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 324,037, dated August 11, 1885.

Application filed January 5, 1885.

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL MORLEY, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at Stockton-on-Tees, in the county of Durham, in the Kingdom of England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brushes, (for which I have received Letters Patent in England, dated 13th day of March, 1884, No. 4,803,) of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of brushes commonly known as fountain -brushes; and it consists in a novel construction of the same, as hereinafter fully set forth.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation; Fig. 2, an end elevation; Fig. 3, a sectional elevation on line :0 w.

A is a brush, of ordinary or suitable construction, with bristles or wires a. The head of the brush is preferably made in three parts or sections, B O D. Of these sections, B carries the bristles, and is secured to the section 0 by the screws b. The section D forms a cover for the center section, 0, and is secured thereto by the screws d. The section 0 of the brush-head is hollowed out to receive a hollow metal chamber, E, into which the whitewash or other liquid to be applied may be brought. Small tubes or pipes 6 project from the chamber E through the sections 0 and B of the brush-head, and open out at the junction of the bristles a with the section B.

F is an opening into the top of the chamber E. The handle G of the brush is made hollow, and is screwed into the tube or opening F, thereby forming a connection with the brush-head. If preferred, however, a handle of ordinary construction may be used, fitted to the brush, and a hosepipe be attached to the opening F; but Iprefer to make the brushhandle G hollow, as shown, and attach the hose-pipe H to the end thereof.

In operation the hose-pipe His attached to a tub or tank containing the whitewash or other liquid, and pressure is obtained by placing the tank on a higher level or by using a force-pump. The liquid flows down through the handle G into the chamber E and through tube 6 to the brush, and the work can be carried on continuously.

(No model.) Patented in England March 13, 1884, No. 4,303.

The hollow metallic chamber E is closed at its ends, in order to prevent the escape of the liquid used except through the tubes 0, which extend out through the brush-head to the bristles. \Vhere the liquid is discharged into the head, as has been proposed, without the metallic chamber E, the wood swells, and the brush is soon destroyed or rendered useless. My plan prevents this, as the liquid does not come into contact with the brush-head, but has a continuous passage through the chamber E.

This invention is specially designed for use in whitewashing and disinfecting railwaytrucks and wagons, but is also applicable for many other purposes.

WVhere there is a supply from town-or other water-Works, a hose-pipe is attached to the main and to the end of the brush-handle for washing windows, footpaths, railway carriages, private carriages, yards, stables, &c.

I am aware that itis-not broadly new to provide a brush with a hollow handle, to the end of which is secured a distributing-pipe, and I do not wish to be understood as claiming such idea, broadly. The distributingchamber in my brush is protectedfrom injury by being inclosed within the head, and,owing to the peculiar construction of the latter, the brush is simplified and the cost of manufacture reduced.

I claim as my invention In a brush, the combination of a head, A, composed of sectionsB O D, metallic chamber E,embedded in said head between the sections 0 and D, provided with supply-opening F, and delivery-tubes 6, extending through section B, and hollow handle G, communicating with the opening F, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof Ihave signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

SAMUEL MORLEY.

Witnessesz' THOMAS PEARSON, ROBERT J. Soo'rr. 

